The smugglers counterfeited it police van identification marks and had a duplicate of the real license plate – the announcement added.
– This is a new phenomenon when criminals they fake signs and numbers a real police crew – admitted the head of the southern Semigalia police department LatviaEvita Galvina.
Latvia. A chase after a fake police car
Police pursuit of a suspicious Volkswagen on the road towards Riga lasted about an hour. The fugitives did not respond to police light and sound signals.
The van was then stopped after shooting out the tires. As a result of the use of firearms by officers, shot stayed too two migrants. They are under medical care and their condition is stable, it was reported.
Several dozen people were detained. Pursuit of a fugitive
Traffic was blocked on the P76 road near Jakubów (Jekabpils, approx. 150 km south-east of Riga and approx. 130 km from the border with Belarus).
For the operation to stop the van and then search operation for one fugitive, hiding in a roadside forest, was used helicopter and drones.
The man was caught after a few hours when he tried to get to the taxi he had ordered, in which he intended – as it was reported – to continue his escape.